Baghdad parties ahead of US pullout (AFP)



An Iraqi police officer arranges the plastic flowers at a checkpoint as police officers decorate their checkpoints and vehicles in preparation for the official withdrawal of US troops from cities and towns across the nation, in central Baghdad. Tens of thousands of Iraqis partied amid massive security in Baghdad on Monday to mark the imminent pullout of US troops from urban areas.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Tens of thousands of Iraqis partied amid massive security in Baghdad on Monday to mark the imminent pullout of US troops from urban areas and celebrate the restive nation’s reclaimed sovereignty.

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